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No tickets matched the six numbers drawn on Wednesday night. The prize is the third-largest lottery jackpot of 2026 so far. The next Powerball drawing is set for Saturday.
news.sky.comThe Powerball jackpot rose to $348 million after no tickets matched all six numbers in the June 24 drawing, Forbes reported. The numbers drawn were 3, 14, 16, 21, 38 and Red Powerball 14. A winner may select either the full $348 million paid in 30 annual installments or a one-time cash option of $157.5 million.
After the mandatory 24 percent federal withholding, the cash payment falls to about $119.7 million. Application of the top 37 percent federal marginal tax rate would reduce that amount further to roughly $99 million. Annual annuity payments of about $11.6 million would drop to $7.3 million after the same federal rate.
Additional state taxes may apply depending on the winner’s residence. New York taxes lottery winnings at 10.9 percent, while Texas, Florida and California impose no state tax on such prizes. The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Saturday, June 27.
One day earlier, the Mega Millions drawing offers a $489 million jackpot. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot stand at 1 in 292.2 million, compared with 1 in 290. A $533 million Mega Millions prize was claimed by a ticket sold in Illinois in March 2026.
The largest Powerball jackpot awarded so far this year is $250.8 million, won by a player in Arkansas.
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middleeasteye.netFootage released shows damage from American strikes on Kish, Iran's resort and free-trade island in the Gulf. The island joins Bandar Abbas, Konarak and the coastal corridor as confirmed targets on night three.
insurancejournal.comPreliminary data show every vessel that transited the waterway on July 12 did so without active tracking signals. Dark crossings have outnumbered observable passages in recent days as attacks reshape routes.
The War ZoneThe U.S. Army will station its ME-11B HADES aircraft and form a new unmanned aircraft system battalion at Fort Hood, Texas. The moves consolidate aerial intelligence units previously spread across multiple bases.